Rusty Hicks

Rusty currently serves as the Chair of the California Democratic Party – the largest State Party in the Nation representing more than 10 million California Democrats.

Rusty also served as an Associate Professor at College of the Redwoods where he teaches incarcerated students at Pelican Bay State Prison. He also serves as a Lecturer at Cal Poly Humboldt where he teaches American Government.

Prior to his election as Chair, Rusty served as both President and Political Director of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor – one of the Nation’s most vibrant Labor Movements representing 300 local unions and 800,000 hardworking women and men.

For more than 10 years, Rusty served as an Intelligence Officer in the United States Navy Reserve. In 2013, he completed a one-year Active-Duty deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Rusty is a graduate of Austin College and Loyola Law School. He lives on California’s North Coast with his wife, Sandra, and their chocolate Labrador, Charlie.